21st-century Indian poets

Indian writer and spiritual teacher (1931–2007)

Mamata Banerjee is an Indian politician and lawyer who is currently serving as the chief minister of West Bengal since 20 May 2011; she is the first woman to hold the office. The founder and president of the All India Trinamool Congress, she previously served as a Union Cabinet Minister and is also the current leader of the house in West Bengal's Legislative Assembly.

Indian novelist and poet

Indian writer

Indian civil rights activist

Indian acid attack survivor and activist

Indian writer, poet and lyricist

Indian author and poet (1934–2009)

novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist

Indian actor (1935–2020)

Indian writer (1942–2011)

Indian poet

Indian writer and politician

Indian politician

Sugathakumari (22 January 1934 – 23 December 2020) was an Indian poet and activist, who was at the forefront of environmental and feminist movements in Kerala, India.

poet, scholar, and writer (1951-2018)

Indian poet

Indian writer

Indian writer

Indian poet (1938-2019)

Indian diplomat

Indian Punjabi language poet and writer (1945–2024)

Indian poet (1932-2021)

Indian poet and a professor of English literature at the University of Prayagraj, India.

Indian economist and writer

Indian poet

Indian poet and feminist

Indian writer

Contemporary Indian English language poet

Indian writer

French-Indian writer

Bengali poet

Chandrika Balan (born 17 January 1954) is an Indian writer who has published books in English and Malayalam, under the pen name Chandramathi. She is a writer of fiction, translator, and critic in English and Malayalam. Chandramathi has published four books in English and 20 in Malayalam, including 12 collections of short stories, an anthology of medieval Malayalam poetry, two collections of essays, two memoirs, and five books translated from English. The Malayalam film Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela was based on her book.

Malayalam-language short story writer and poet

Indian writer

Indian English-language writer and poet (1938–2004)

Award winning Santhali writer

Indian businesswoman and former actress (born 1977)

Indian Urdu language poet, author, critic and theorist.

Bengali writer

Indian writer

Indian writer

Indian writer

Indian Bengali writer and civil servant

Film Maker, poet

Indian poet and politician

Indian writer and lyricist

Indian poet and writer

Indian poet, novelist, dramatist (1919-2016)

Gujarati poet

Poet and literary critic (1921–2016)

Indian poet

Indian Bengali poet, writer and editor

Indo-Anglian writer

Indian English language poet

Indian poet

Indian poet and writer from Odisha

Indian poet, playwright, and translator

Indian civil servant, economist and writer

Indian Malayalam language poet